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CORD Wallowa County Official Paper. Enterprise City Official Paper. Wallowa County Is Rich In the 5 Greatest Sources of Wealth. V? VOL. 2, NO. 20. ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1903. WHOLE NO.WT NEWS Notices In this column are -charged 1 cent a word one Insertion, or 3 cents a word 4 insertions. Minimum charge 15 cents. Cash with order. FOR SALE. A 20,000 Sawmill, in good order. Has 35 H. P. engine, gang edger, all belting, saws, etc., ready to run. la a bargain at $1,100. Write to Star Planing Mill, Elgin, Oregon. CATTLE, 100 head, from yearlings up to 5-year-old cows with calves, and Including 1- and 2-year-old steers and a few 3-year-old steers. J. H. Whitmore, Enterprise. Ranc1 10 miles north of Enterprise. 12tf PURE BRED Duroc Jersey Boar pigs splendid individuals from prize winning strain. Price3 reasonable tc Introduce them. Lovers of fine hogs are invited to call and see these pigs at my farm on Alder Slope, the old Mahon place, 5 Mi miles southwest c Enterprise. S. T. Daggett. 18t4 TAKEN UP. Taken up on the Bell ranch neai Chlco, on Crow creek, one spotted cow and calf branded RT on 'left hip. FOR SALE. On account of timber being cut out, we have for sale, one No. 3 Russell saw mill complete with gang edger, capacity 30,000 feet per day. One No. 2 Russell mill, complete with gang edger, capacity 30,000 feet per day. One portable mill, capacity 15.00C feet per day. These mills are al'. complete -with saws, belting, etc., all having run this season, and they are for sale on reasonable terms. Goodnough Merc. & Stock Co., 12t8 Elgin, Oregon 8TRIKE RICH ORE. H. N. Williams and party exhibit ed some very rich looking ore in Enterprise Monday when they stop ped en route home from their mine in the mountains 25 miles southeast. He reports over 100 feet of tunnel ins finished, and the pay ledge get ting richer in copper, gold and cln nabar all the time. Another tun nel will be run farther down the mountain side. They brought oul enough ore to make an exhibit r ti.e fair that will be noticed. . Screen doors and wire screens foi sale at Hartshorn & Keltner's. YOUR. LITTLE 5V.STER BROWN 1-5 NoWATHI-S DE.SK. NOT FAR. AWAY FROM HIM MAY -SIT ANOTHER &OY BETTER DRE.5-5ED. DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD AND WERE YOU EVER A .SHAMED BECAlJE YOU DID NOT HAVE NICE CLOTHED WHEN YOU WENT TO -SCHOOL? IF YOU CLOTHE YOUR LITTLE BU-STER BROWNE WELL, THEY WILL -STUDY THEIR LE-S-SoN-S BETTER. WILL IT NOT BE WORTH WHAT CLoTHE-5 CO-ST To HAVE THEM LoVE THEIR BOOK-5, E -SPECIALLY WHEN YOU CAN GET A TWO-PIECE .SCHOOL -SUIT FOR . $300 A BETTER ONE FOR $5.00 OR COAT AND TWO PAIR PANT-S FOR $6.2 5 WE HAVE EVERYTHING THAT LITTLE . BU-STER BRoWN-S AND BIGGER BU-STER BRoWN-S WEAR. BRING THEM IN AND LET U-S RIG THEM OUT. CHILDREN ARE WELCOME AT OUR -STORE. RESPECTFULLY, CK AND BUYS HIS OLD FARM S. FRANCIS FINDS NO COUN TRY EQUAL TO THIS MANY, LAND DEALS. After a fruitless search for a bet ter country, K. S. Francis, who re turned from Dayton, Wash., a few weeks ago, has bought the farm he sold three years ago, and paid a goodly sum more than he sold it tbr. The deal was completed Tuesday, Mr Francis buying 527 acres of the land beyond Trout creek northwest of town, from K. S. Pace for $5000. Mr. Francis is aa industrious farmer who made a snug little fortune on the same land a few years ago and doubtless will do even better now. with the railroad giving access tc a cash market. Another hill land deal was the sale of 280 acres southeast of town by George Craig to Hanson brothers for $12.50 an acre. The land is a part of the former Jordan and Seeley Konihna T-T a n o-n hrnt V svn hair a iniibuvo, iinuouii wkvrvuoo uw-v u , bargain and are just the kind of I workers to get the most from it. 30 Cent Adv. Sells $yi00 of Property. The Thomas Morgan 40 acre tract south of town has been sold by C. E. Vest for $4100, Sam Wade buy ing the west 20, Mrs. M. J. Fletch er the ne 10, and J. W. Kerns the se 10 acres. The Rev.' Thompson house on Residence street figured in the deal, being transferred from Wade to Morgan. Mr. Vest placed an 80 cent notice exclusively in the News Record, advertising the tracts, and it brought the buyers. There is lots of deals, in acre tracts south of town. Another the past week, was the sale of twe acres by Fred Falconer to Miss Maude Turner of Joseph, for $175 an acre. Demand for Town Lot.. The demand for well located town lots Is again active. Dr. W. C. Ket chum has bought two fine lots in Alder View addition of Daniel Boyd The lots front on Montclair avenue. Wm. Weaver of Alder Slope hat bought a lot In Burnaugh's addition and will build a house this fall. 7A C ft -L1 V im 4 - 3 W.J. FUNK & CO. SUNDAY SERVICES. Presbyterian church: Sunday school at 10 a. m.; preaching at 11 a. m. by the Rev. W. P. Samms; Christian . Endeavor at 7 p. m. Pray er and praise service on Wednesday evening at 7:30. The union service will be at the Christian church next Sunday even Ing. Rev. E. "Owen, will preach. Services at the Christian church Enterprise, Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Frazler Craig are a Lewistou visiting his sister, Mrs. H. C. Mahaffey. To Vote On Bonds For Water Works Special City Election Will Be Held Next Saturday From 1 to 7 P. M. The special election next Satur day is not to authorize the sale o. $30,000 of bonds but for a sum not to exceed $30,000. There's quite t difference. The council is on record , , .. 0 put in a flrst-clast gravity water system, and the mem bers can be trusted to spend nc more for that purpose than is abso lutely necessary. That may anc, probably will mean leas than $25, 000. The election will be held in the office of City Recorder Taggar from 1 until 7 o'clock in the after noon. There- is a strong interest ir the election and in the result. The opponents of a city system are untlr ing . in working against it by ever) means in their power. Friends of t city system are also awake and i full vote will probably be polled. 1 is stated that the size of the major ity will have an effect In the sal of the bonds. Receives Philippine War Medal. Dr. C. T. Hockett, who was a mem ber of the Oregon regiment that was in the Philippines during) the Span ish war and Filipino Insurrection has received a handsome bronz' medal, that was promised by Presl- dent McKlnley to the Spanish war volunteers who stayed overtime ti help put down the Filipino rebellion. - I TO RUSH RAILROAD WORK TO JOSEPH WILL REACH ENTERPRISE IN 30 TO 40 DAYS TRAIN SERVICE SEPTEMBER 21. Tracklaying up the valley this side of Wallowa will begin early next week and will be rushed to the end. Chief Engineer of Construction Brandon, in Enterprise Wednesday night, stated that the track, would reach the river bank at Wallowa to day (Thursday) noon. Excavations are already being made for the temporary bridge, and the structure will be completed so the work trains' can pass over In three or four days, when tracklaying will be re suroed and continued at all possible speed to the terminus. Mr. Bran don says the road will be completed to Enterprise in from 30 to 40 days. The material camp will be movec from Anthony to Wallowa while the bridge Is being put In. All grading will be completed In ample time. Patterson has the En terprise station grounds flnishei and now has only the one-fourth mile at Murray's to do. Mitchell will be through In a week or ten days. It is practically certain that regu lar trains will be running througl to Joseph by November 1. The schedule has not been an nounced, but it i3 forecasted bj railroad officials that a daily mlxei train, doing no switching betweei Palmer Junction and La Grande, wll be put on, and the lumber trail! win attend to the local switching between Palmer Junction and Li Grande. The present mixed train on the Elgin branch will extend its run te Wallowa, beginning Montlay, Septem ber 21. It will arrive at Wallowa be tween 11 a. m. and noon, and start on Its return about 1 p. m. The stage company will send the mal around on the train, and the stag" will probably reach here about 4 o. 4:3tt p. m. An excursion will be run from Lf Grande to Wallowa, Sunday, Septem ber 20, and quite a crowd of Grande Ronde people are expected to conn at $1.75 for the round trip, so eagei are the people outside to see the famed beauty of this valley. O course they will not aea niue-tenthi of the valley, coming just to the en trance, but the glories of the can yon ride will compensate them fo the time and expense. Wallowa will do the honors in hei well known, hospitable style, am has invited the other towns to pai ticipate. E. A. Holmes will give ai address of welcome and Col. F. S ivanhoe will respond. A basket din ner and musical program will hi features. The excursion train wil arrive at Wallowa at 10:30 a. m and leave at 4 p. m. General Superintendent . Buckle) and other officials made an lnspec tlon trip over the line last Sunda' and found the track in good shape To an Observer reporter Mr. Buck ley said: "We could start service at once but we will not attempt i until every possible attention hai een given the roadbed. We are going to rush the construction or to Joseph, Because we have reached the gateway Is no reason why t( stop. Yes, sir; the line will h rushed to the end." i. ' CALL FOR PROPOSAL8 FOR CON 8TRUCTI0N OF COURT HOUSE. Sealed proposals will be received by the County Court of Wallowa County, Oregon, until the 12th da) of October, 1908, at 10 o'clock, a. m. at which time the same will be pub licly opened and considered, for the furnishing of all labor and material, except the plumbing and heating, foi the construction of a two-story am basement stone court house bulldln; in Enterprise, in said county, ac cording to the plans and specifica Hons furnished by S.. R. Haworth and which may be seen on and af ter September 19, 1908, at the office of the county clerk ot said county at Enterprise, Or., and at the office of C. R. Thornton at La Grande Oregon. All proposals muHt be ad dressed to the County Clerk of Wal Iowa' County, and Indorsed "Bid foi Construction of Court House'', ane must be accompanied by a certified check In favor of Wallowa county for $500.00, as a guarantee of good faith. The successful bidder will br required to enter into a written con tract for the construction of said building, and to give an approved bond In the sum of $10,000 for the 'althful performance of his contrac md conditioned as provided by law. The County Court reserves the righ to accept any one, or to reject al of said bids or proposals. Forms for bidders may be secured by ad dressing the county clerk. Dated at Enterprise, Oregon, thlt 8th day of September, 1908. By order of the County Court. 20t5 W. C. BOATMAN, Clerk. Lostine Hotel Change. L. - P. Woniack has succeeded f Cray as landlord of the Lostine ho tel, Mr. Woniack taking possession last Thursday. Plans For Court House Accepted Design Submitted by S. R. Haworth Finds Favor Construction Bids Advertised. Two sets ot, plans for a courthouse were submitted to the county court, and after going carefully into all de tails the' plans and specifications submitted by S. R. Haworth of La Grande were accepted. They pro vide for a twostory and basement stone building with a tower over the main entrance. The basement con tains the healing plant, fuel rooms storage vaults, etc. The' first floor has offices for clerk, assessor, sher .ff, school superintendent, surveyor, ind the jail. The main stalrwayi ead from the center of the firs floor to the second story, where are -he circuit and county court rooms circuit and county judges' rooms, jury rooms, etc. Vaults are provid- 3d for the clerk, sheriff and treas urer. Further details will be glvet hen the revise! plans are return Jd to the clerk. It Is guaranteed the milding will not cost to exceed $30, )00. In another place In this paper thi .:ourt advertises for bids for thi rection of the building, the contract o be let on Saturday, October 12. It s hoped to at leist have the exca vation completed this fall. Prospect loles on the site indicate that soli. ;ravel is struck at a depth of fron iVi to 4 2-3 feet. HIGH SCHOOL OPENS. The Wallowa county high schoo! jpened its second year last Mondaj morning with an attendance of 35 Classes In each of the four years course have been organized. The absence of Principal J. W Xerns on account of illness, Is de plored, but the assistant teachers 3ene W. Hall and Miss Kathryn D mir are following the excellen plans outlined. Miss Jovce Cral graduate of Whitman College Con lervatory, has organized a music Iass In connection with the school. On Last Elgin Trip. "Jim" Heals, the veteran freight Jr, loft Enterpilse Thursday morn ng on what he expects to be hli ast round-trip to Elgin. He sayi ie hauled his first load into thi vVallowa valley 28 years ago. Will Build Mill Next Year. J. ii. and Charles Minnaugh an at Wallowa and have selected thi ilte for the big saw mill that will bt arected next year at the westen 3uge or town, -iney will at onci jrect dwelling houses and move t Wallowa. We Mean What We Say, The price of each lot in Alder View will be advanced $25.00 October 1st. You can make the money be tween now and then, after that we .will make it. DANIEL BOYD Secy. Wallowa Law, Land & Abstract Co, PLACE PROVIDED FOR FIRE ENGINE C. SHACKELFORD GIVES FREE USE OF ROOM BUYERS WRITE ABOUT BONDS. . Through the generosity and public spirit of J. C. Shackelford of the En terprise livery barn the city wll have a convenient and suitable fire engine house without cost. Mr Shackelford made the offer to the city council at the regular meeting Tuesday night, and the council quick ly accepted. Mr. Shackelford offers a room large enough for both chemical en gine and hosecare In the front ot his barn right by the side of the main driveway, either where the liv ery office is now located, or on the east side of the driveway as the council may select. The location Is but one block from the business center and Is nearly ideal for the purpose. Mr. Shackelford says the city may have the room rent free as long as he owns the property. There Is always somebody at the barn day and night, and both phones are In the office. In bad weather there are horses handy tc ake the apparatus to the fire. B. B. Boyd and L. Borland were ippolnted a committee to look up the natter of additional street lights, md the price of same. The recorder was directed to em )loy a man to complete the G. S. 7raig and Prentiss Homan side- valks, and to open East First and Vlder streets where they are fenc- id in at the north end of East First, j. J. Burnaugh was notified to re atr or replace the walk along his iroperty on Main, west from West Second. The license fee for the Electric .heatre was changed from $3 a week o 50 cents a day. The recorder read a number of etters from bond buyers asking hat they be given particulars In re sard to the water bonds and notl ied how the election goes Seiptem jer 12. Following are the Claim. Allowed. Enterprise Planing Mill, lum ber for crosswalks $125 14 3. I. Long, surveying side walk and street grade (and helper) 5 00 3. M. Lockwood, treasurer sal ary, August 5 00 T. M. Dill, attorney, salary, August 5 00 .V. E. Taggart, recorder salary, rent, stamps, etc 11 00 1. G. Bauer, hauling 7 00 lartshorn & Keltner, hard ware, etc 13 85 C. S. Pace, building 2 cross. walks and work on ditch 14 25 3. S. Haney, lumber 3 12 2. J. Forsythe, electric lights, August 44 75 Vews Record, pub. notices and printing 21 75 Charles Crumpacker, bldg walk and bridge 2 50 Vlex Webber, bldg. walk and bridge 2 50 The city treasury is empty ana he treasurer can cash no more warrants until after the Octobor tax noney Is received from the county. & jfi